topic:"Chester County" found 24 records - Research Collections

Index to families and persons; History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biological sketches

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Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Date of Publication: 1971]

Responsibility: by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. Compiled for the Chester County historical society by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland.

Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Place of Publication: [Danboro, Pa

Publisher: Richard T. & Mildred Williams,

Date of Publication: 1971]

Physical Description: 226 p. :

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Contained In: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts, 1881. History of Chester county, Pennsylvania :Lancaster History Library - Book974.813 F996 Index

Records of the courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania [1697-1710]: v.2

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Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). Courts.

Date of Publication: 1972.

Call Number: 974.813 L316

Responsibility: Transcribed by Miss Dorothy Lapp under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). Courts.

Place of Publication: Danboro, Pa

Publisher: Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: 211, 43 p. 29 cm.

Notes: "Volume 1 was published in 1910 by The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania."; Includes records of the Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and General Court.

Subjects: Court Records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Lapp, Dorothy B.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 L316

The story of London Grove Meeting

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Author: Walton, Helen S.,

Date of Publication: 1976?]

Call Number: 974.813 L847

Author: Walton, Helen S.,

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1976?]

Physical Description: 10 p. ; 18 cm.

Subjects: London Grove Meeting (Chester County, Pa.); Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Additional Corporate Author: London Grove Meeting (Chester County, Pa.).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 L847

Coatesville and the lynching of Zachariah Walker : death in a Pennsylvania steel town

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Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 364.134 D748c

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Responsibility: Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser.

ISBN: 9781609492809; 1609492803

Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: History Press,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes: "The present work is a substantial revision of our earlier work entitled No Crooked Death, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1991"--Introduction.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).

Contents: "That quiet sabbath evening" -- "A conspiracy of silence" -- "A disgraceful travesty of justice" -- "To humiliate the administration of justice" -- "An American tragedy."

Summary: "On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the books original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community."--Page [4] of cover.

Subjects: Walker, Zachariah, - -1911.; Lynching - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Coatesville - Case studies.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Coatesville.; Lynching.; Race relations.; Trials (Murder); Coatesville (Pa.) - Race relations.; Pennsylvania - Chester County - Coatesville.; Case studies.

Additional Author: Hyser, Raymond M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 364.134 D748c

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U.S. Census, 1850, Chester County, townships of Charlestown, East Bradford, East Coventry, East Caln

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Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 974.813 F534

Responsibility: copied by Mrs. Earl Jacobs and Miss Josephine Wilson.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: various paging ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - Census, 1850 - Indexes.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 F534

Chester County clocks and their makers

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Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: 2d, enl. and rev. ed.

Date of Publication: c1976.

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

ISBN: 0916838048

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: 2d, enl. and rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Exton, Pa

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: c1976.

Physical Description: 222 p. : ill., map (on lining papers) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 217-219.

Subjects: Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Chester County, Pennsylvania inventories, 1684-1850

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Author: Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.

Date of Publication: 1974.

Call Number: 974.813 S333i

Responsibility: by Margaret B. Schiffer.

Author: Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.

Place of Publication: Exton, Pa

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: 1974.

Physical Description: 402 p. ; 29 cm.

Summary: Over 10,000 estate inventories, dating from 1682 to 1850, were examined to produce this record of possessions in an early rural county. The author provides lists of possessions broken down by type and by decade. For instance, the section on CLOTHING is broken down into 71 separate items, e.g. Pantalets, Pantaloons, Pants, Pelisse, Petticoat, Pocket, Pocket-book, Purse, Robe, Safe guard, Scarf, Shawl, Shift, etc. Within the tables for each item, the author may break down the item by color or type. For instance, in the CLOTHING>Apron table, there is a breakdown which includes the following: green, flowered muslin, green grazet silk, blue, blue holland, checked, white, leather, etc. The breakdown of possessions by decades can provide a general idea of when certain possessions were popular in Chester County. For instance, in the section TEXTILES> Velvet, velvet doesn't begin to appear until 1740 and becomes more popular from 1780-1810; but it becomes less popular in the period from 1820-1849. Each section begins with a dictionary with definitions of the separate items; for example a "safe guard" is "a sort of Dust-Gown, or Riding Garment, worn by Women; also a coloured Stuff Apron; also a swathing Bond for Children". Overall, this book is a unique compilation of local government records being used to understand patterns of ownership of household items.

Subjects: Inventories of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 S333i

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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"Enterys of the Orphans Court" of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1716-1730, 1732-1734

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Chester Co.)

Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 974.813 G525

Responsibility: Transcribed by Miss Dorothy B. Lapp, under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylania.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Chester Co.)

Place of Publication: Danboro, Pa

Publisher: Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: 151 p. 29 cm.

Notes: Reproduced from typewritten copy.

Subjects: Court records.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Additional Author: Lapp, Dorothy B.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 G525

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

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